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The Rainbow; an elegant literary miscellany of prose and poetry, illustrated with twenty one highly finished plates, beautifully engraved on steel.

London: published for the proprietor, no date [c. 1834]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), iv, 221pp. Engraved frontispiece, extra title and 19 plates. Publisher's red cloth. The binding is in tatty condition (backstrip chipped with loss), there is some light foxing to some of the plates but the contents are generally VG. Only a fair copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or binding copy. A rare book, with no copies listed on COPAC.

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Book number: 35337

Catalogue: 4

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Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1864.

Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1865. Hardback. 8vo (23cm by 15cm), 676pp. Frontispiece and 47 plates. Original brown cloth. There is some scuffing and staining of the binding, the binding is a little shaken, and there is some foxing and thumbing of the contents. Only a fair copy overall, but the plates are generally in good condition, and this is suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 64478

Catalogue: 4

[A Dewar Willock]:

Rosetty Ends, or the chronicles of a country cobbler.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887. First edition (hardback). 12mo (17cm by 12cm), viii, 197pp, 2pp adverts. Extra titles, text illustrations. Original brown cloth. Binding heavily rubbed, some chipping of the backstrip, occasional thumbing and spotting of the contents. Only a fair copy overall, but nonetheless a serviceable copy of a rare title.

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Book number: 32203

Catalogue: 4

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Round Bromley and Keston : a handy guide to rambles in the district.

London: T Fisher Unwin, no date [1882]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), 73pp + adverts. Frontispiece map, text illustrations. Original red cloth, titllng printed in black on the front board and the spine. Some loss of cloth to the head of the spine, front inner hinge repaired, some spotting to the leading edge of the text block. Overall, this copy is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 44386

Catalogue: 4

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The Royal Academy 1911.

London: Office of the Black & White, 1911. Softcover. 8vo, xxiv, 136pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original printed card wrappers. Covers rubbed and dusty, front cover torn with a little loss, contents good to very good. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 32375

Catalogue: 4

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The Royal Commission : The London City Livery Companies' Vindication.

London: printed by Gilbert and Rivington for The Royal Commission, 1885. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 16cm), viii, 306pp. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. The binding is waterstained, and the preliminary pages are foxed. Only a fair copy overall, but the contents are tightly bound and generally clean, and this is suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 45027

Catalogue: 4

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Rugby School Register, volume 1, from 1675 to 1849 inclusive, with annotations and alphabetical index.

Rugby: A J Lawrence, 1881. First edition (hardback), volume 1. 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xvi, 358pp. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Binding a little rubbed and scuffed, preliminary pages foxed. Overall, this copy is in good condition. This copy formerly belonged to a military researcher, and there are considerable ink annotations to the alphabetical index (the main body of the book is not affected).

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Book number: 33348

Catalogue: 4

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Rush Work.

Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, 1926. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), 32pp. 3pp plates, text illustrations. Original printed card wrappers. There is some scuffing and repaired chipping of the backstrip; overall, this copy is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 37977

Catalogue: 4

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Second Roman Urdu Book for the Indian Army Third Class Certificate of Education.

Pachmarhi [India]: General Staff, no date [c. 1941]. No edition stated (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 16cm), v, 50pp. Original printed blue card wrappers. The covers are rubbed and stained, and there is some staining of the preliminary pages; overall, this book is in fair condition. Undated, but the date 1941 appears in the preface.

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Book number: 66699

Catalogue: 4

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The Shoemaker's Present : or how a boy became obedient - a legendary story.

London: Blackie & son, no date [1881]. No edition stated (hardback). 16mo (15cm by 11cm), 64pp. Coloured frontispiece. Original decorated green cloth. The contents are rather thumbed and stained, and there is a bookplate to the front free endpaper (dated 1881). Overall, this copy is in fair condition. Also includes the story "Princess Imogen and the Ice King".

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Book number: 45239

Catalogue: 4

[E C Grenville Murray]:

Six Months in the Ranks, or the Gentleman Private.

London: Smith, Elder & co, 1883. Later edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 13cm), iv, 362pp, 2pp adverts. Original decorated red cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Binding rubbed and dusty, lacks the front free endpaper, bookplate to the front pastedown. Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition.

Cornell Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 40420

Catalogue: 4

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Snap Shots of Caledonian Canal & Fort Augustus.

Fort Augustus: Robert Cameron, no date [c. 1900]. A souvenir book containing 16 photographs, bound in printed blue card wrappers. The book measures 13cm by 25cm; the photographs measure 8cm by 21cm. The rear cover is stained and the staples in the binding are rusting. Only a fair to good copy overall, but the illustrations themselves are in very good condition.

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Book number: 35365

Catalogue: 4

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The Soft Tongue, and the Bones it Broke, and other Stories of Welsh Life.

London: The Religious Tract Society, no date [c. 1887]. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), 96pp, 16pp adverts. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Original decorated grey cloth, gilt titling to the front board. This copy is marred by waterstaining to the edges of the boards; otherwise, this book is in sound condition.

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Book number: 53635

Catalogue: 4

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Southern Railway : Standard Regulations for Train Signalling on Double and Single Lines, including description of Signalling Instruments.

London: Southern Railway, [1930]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), 103pp. Original red cloth, titling printed in black on the front board. This is a well-used working copy, with the binding rubbed and the contents thumbed, but is nonetheless in fair to good condition overall. Several amendments have been pasted in, and several items of Southern Railway ephemera are loosely inserted.

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Book number: 54700

Catalogue: 4

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Stirring Events of History.

London: Blackie & son, 1886. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 256pp, 32pp catalogue. 4 b&w plates by John Schonberg. Original decorated green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. The binding is rather rubbedthe preliminary pages are foxed, and there is a prize gift inscription; overall, this book is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 66419

Catalogue: 4